Photovoltaic spatial solitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1772-1781

  Segev, Mordechai ^a   Valley, George C ^b   Bashaw, Matthew C ^c,d   Taya, Minoru ^e,f   Fejer, Martin M ^e  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d Silicon Valley Photonics   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 0031496745     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001772     Document Type: Article

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